1960
gouache
paper
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Untitled is a 1960 gouache by Jo Baer, held at Museum of Modern Art.
You see a small square of paper with a soft gray wash and a few pencil lines—some straight, some wobbly. Baer made this in 1960, when most artists were filling canvases with bright colors and bold shapes. Here, she keeps it quiet. The gray isn’t even; it fades at the edges, like a breath on glass. The lines feel accidental, as if she drew them without lifting her hand. If you like how simple marks can feel alive, look up the technique: gouache.
Josephine Gail Baer was an American painter associated with minimalist art. She began exhibiting her work at the Fischbach Gallery, New York, and other venues for contemporary art in the mid-1960s. In the mid-1970s, she…
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